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`.F. RUDOLPHI.

CAN BODY FLANGING MACHINE..

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1I. 191|.

Patented Oct. 14, 1919.

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THE coLUMBlA PLANOQRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. c,

APPLICATION FILED MAY Il, 19H.

Patented Oct. 14,1919.

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F. RUDOLPHI.

CAN BODY FLANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY Il. 19H.

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CAN BODY FLANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY Il. 191|.

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construction, and against whichthe extreme outer edge 13 of the Hange 14 of the can body y.15; may engage and thus vlimit the extent towhich the Hange will be turned -up'on ca ch end of the can body 'as thev Hanging dies" 10, lOrenteruthe can body at the-opposite ends thereof and approach each other. Each of the dies 10 is carried by a plate or holder 16', having` ahub 17y Htting within thedie 10 and carried by the reciprocating stem 18 which is mounted to slide in a suitable bearingor guide 19 on the `frame 1 of themachine. v'Ivhefliange limiting wall ring 12 Whell'mad'e, as shownin the'drawing, in'a se'p a`, `r ate piece from the die 10, is preferably furnished with an inwardly'fprojectlng Hange 20 to cause it to be held in position on the p late or kholder 16 by the die 10.

VThe dies are reciprocated vasrequired,

'n preferably by means-of cams 21v on the cam shaft -22 through fork levers 23 pivoted at 24 to the Aframe of the machine and carry- `ing Vrollers 25 at their lower ends for enf gagement with the cams, and which en- Y' gage at their upper ends collars 26 adjustably secured on fthe reciprocating stems 18 of' the dies.

' The can y K intermittently rotated as required from the j continuously rotating 'cam' shaft v22 by a `radially slotted or Geneva stopwheel 28 on one of the carrier shafts 4 which is engaged by pins or anti-friction rollers 29 onthe `v'disk 30 secured to the cam shaft 22.A l; n

The cam shaft 22 is continuously rotated Y c carriers on the frame of the machlne, sald from the driving shaft 31 through the `intermeshing gears 32, 83. The driving shaft is furnished with a driving pulley'34 and the customary lclutch 35 and clutch lever 36A .for i stopping and starting the machine.

The' two sets of carrier disks. 4, 4 and 4 are spaced apart onv their'respectivecarrler n shafts 6, 6, preferably about as illustrated in Fig.V 6 so that Ywhen the dies'10, 10 separate or withdraw Vfrom each other after the Hanging'operation'is completed, the carrier disks will themselves serve, by engagement 'with'the flanges formedA on the can body, to"l f strip.,A ordisengage the can body from the dies incase the Hanged can' body should f :tend tofsticky in veither die.

a Each pair of carrier disks 4, 4`on each of the shafts 6 may-be adjustably secured to the shafts-so Vthat'they may be adjusted .closer V together or farther apart; for' operation upon can bodies offdiferentflengths. The two pair body "carriers 4 are preferably lcombination with a can body carrier comprising* intermittently rotating can body holders, of a pair of reciprocating Hanging a dies mounted ,on the frame' of the Lmachine vand each. Aconforming in size and shapeto and adaptedto enter within the mouth of the 'can body, said carrier coperatingwith said dies as they withdraw to 'strip Vor dis-V charge the Hanged can body from 'the dies by engaging behind the Hanges which have been produced on the can body, substantially as specified.` 'I

V.2. In a can body Hanging machine, the' i `combinationwith a can body vvcarrier comprising intermittently rotating can f body holders, vof la pair ofy reciprocating Hanging dies mounted Yon the frame of the machine and` each conforming in size and shape to "and adapted to enter within the mouth of the can body, each of said Hanging dies having a Hanging limiting shoulder, said carrler cooperating-'with said dies as they withldraw to strip or discharge the Hanged canV Y body' from the dies -byj engaging behind the Hanges'v whichjhave been produced on.' the 'can body,-s ubstantially as speci-lied'. 3'.' In a can'body Hanging machine, the

combination with two intermittently mov-' ing can body carriers rotating together and furnished with a plurality of segmental can "body holders, of a pair of reciprocating Hanging dies movable crosswise of the said carriers cooperating with said Hanging dies to strip the Hanged can bodiesfrom the dies as the dies arewithdrawn and then to carry f the canbody away from the line of the dies, substantially'as specified.

-ing carriers turning together about a horijzontal aXis and each furnlshed with aplurality of segmental can body holders, of a reciprocating VHanging die movable transversely to-said holders, and conforming-in size and shape tol and adaptedl to enterjwithin thel endof'the can body and turn a flange lthereon landprovided with a! limiting wall,"

said Vcarriers `coperating with said die l to free the Hanged canbody from" the die as it withdraws, Vsubstantially asv spe'cied.

5. A can body Hangingmachine including, lin combination: a reciprocating, sub-I stantially solid, fiangng die conforming in it for operation on can bodies of dierent size and lhape to a can body and adapted lengths.

to enter t e same' means for conve in can bodies to a positibn in alinement githgsaid FRANK RUDOLPHI die; mechanism for reciprocating said die; Witnesses:

and adjustable means for varying the path H. M. MUNDAY,

of reciprocation of Said die to thereby adapt PEARL ABRAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

